Political party finances: the public’s right to know R2K submission to Parliament’s Ad Hoc Committee on the Funding of Political Parties – 21 July 2017 Download the submission as a PDF here Introduction...
R2K supports the ongoing struggle for transparency on political party funding. Voters have the right to know who funds who. My Vote Counts (MVC) has announced that it will approach the High Court to...
The Right2Know Campaign is extremely disappointed at today’s Constitutional Court judgement, which recognises the public’s right to know where political parties get their money – but falls short of delivering the justice needed to...
Stop the secret deals: why we need to tackle secret deals in local politics and government This paper is authored by Michael Marchant, a researcher with the OpenSecrets.org.za project, on behalf of the Right2Know...
In South Africa, as in much of the rest of the world, telecommunication services are concentrated in a handful of monopolistic private companies that reap massive profits at the expense of ordinary South Africans....
R2K supports the Constitutional Court case brought by My Vote Counts (MVC) to challenge Parliament to pass a law to require political parties to disclose their funders. The case, which will be heard on...
Introducing R2K’s 2014 Secret State of the Nation Report Today the Right2Know Campaign releases its 2014 ‘Secret State of the Nation’ report, a snapshot study of trends, patterns and challenges with secrecy in South...
Statement from My Vote Counts: Secrecy is not in the vocabulary of the Constitution. Yet this is how political parties deal with their finances. Despite political parties taking “centre stage” in our democracy, there...
In March, R2K was one of over 60 organisations who joined My Vote Counts in writing to 14 political parties demanding to know that their ordinary ballots will not be outweighed by the bank...
An expert panel discussion on why we don’t know who funds our political parties, why it’s important, and what you can do about it. We will be hosting a panel of experts for a...
